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Welcome everyone to the most electrifying recap of Game of Thrones in the entire world! Yes, it’s the man-sized recap of Game of Thrones Season 6 Episode 1. I’ve search the width and breath of the interwebs and have come to the conclusion that everyone sucks… Except me. I don’t suck and neither do my words. I should point out that my grammar and spelling are awful, but I have an editor and tiny red lines show up under words, so I think I have a pretty good handle on everything. On with the show! Spoilers Ahoy.

Episodes of GoT where Jon Snow is DEAD: 1

North Wall Recap: It’s not a good sign when an episode starts and ends with discussions about you. It means you’re dead or you’re about to die. Fortunately, if you’re already dead it means you’ve lived a long and full life, made a significant contribution to the world of Westeros, and have passed into the hands of the old gods (or new – whatever) with grace and dignity. The rest of the world can move on safe in the knowledge that you’re definitely not coming back to life. Now that we’ve got that straight, I made an earlier prediction that Jon Snow would return to life at the end of episode 3 this season and I stand behind it. Until that happens, I’ll further predict that 15 (of the 40) Night’s Watch members will die. The Onion man will somehow not die, even though he looks confused ALL THE TIME and neither will the Red Woman, who still looks H-A-W-T hot at the tender age of four hundred and seventy two. A whole lot of nothing happened at the Wall this week. Some fists were pounded into tables and mean words were spoken. Also, a Direwolf growled, like, four times. They’re probably setting us up for something.

Just South of the Wall Recap: The Wildlings, who may or may not be wild now, were not shown this episode. They were discussed for a little while and their existence was blamed for some things. So keep on keeping on Wildlings and welcome to the merry old land of Westeros.

Even More South of the Wall Recap: Ramsay Bolton lost a Stark girl and a eunuch. Somehow he only sent four guards and three dogs after them across the frozen wasteland of nothingness despite the fact that, as his father said, they’re the most important things in the world to the Bolton’s continued dominance of the North. Obviously that is a strong enough response. Digression: if you get wet in a Canadian winter, you’ll be hypothermic in half an hour. But I guess nobles from broken families are magic and the weather doesn’t apply to them. Anyways, the four idiots and three dogs found their prey only to lose an (AWFUL) sword fight to Brienne of Tarth. Listen, I know she wants to be a method actor, but she is terrible with the sword. The quick camera cuts are jarring and they still don’t hide how AWFUL she is. AWFUL!!! Anyway, Lady Stark the Living has a friend and a servant now, so that’s cool. They’re still frozen in the middle of nowhere and should die, but they won’t because magic. In other news, Podrick is adorable. I hope he gets reunited with Tyrion.

Southest of the Wall Recap: The most interesting segment of Game of Thrones season 6 episode 1 happened in Dorne of all places. Holy palace coup, Batman! The chick bastard Sand (Ellaria?) killed the gimpy old Prince and talked a lot of shit about him. I like watching the hedonistic Dornish in action. Now that they’ve really amped up the beef with the Lannisters I think we’ll finally get some action regarding who is on the Iron Throne. What’s going on with Margery, by the way?

Somewhere between South of the Wall and Southest of the Wall Recap: Margery is still in religious fundamentalist jail awaiting her naked walk of shame across the city. She is waaaaaay better looking than Cersei Lannister, so I think we can all agree it’ll be a great episode when that happens. Or the hot Dornish rebels will come to town and start cutting religious people. Either way, I’ll be watching. Meanwhile, Cersei found out her daughter was murdered, had a super awkward conversation with her brother (they didn’t bang), and somehow didn’t blame Tyrion for all of this. I feel like she has grown as a person. Good for you Cersei.

Somewhere to the South and East of the Wall Recap: A midget and a bald eunuch went for a stroll and talked about stuff. They lamented the flight of a blonde woman and watched the stone city burn. I have a bad feeling about Meereen. They may not be entering a new golden age like we all thought. It’s almost like being gifted a stray with no management experience for a Queen wasn’t quite the blessing they thought it would be. The Queen, meanwhile, was triggered by some mean Dothrakians who had the unmitigated gall to not know who she was… until she told the Khal, who took her word for it and decided not to “lie” with her. Unfortunately, widowed Khaleesis have a mandatory retirement plan that doesn’t include returning to Westeros to rule. Remember when Daenerys cared about doing that? I don’t. But I’m sure a dragon will save her from the horde and the two creepy dudes that were following her trail. Speaking of who will save her… Arya is blind (I totally forgot about that) and got beaten up to teach her how to see without looking. It’s all part of the plan. Don’t believe me? Just ask George RR Martin, for it is written.

Welcome to Game of Thrones week here on My Fangirl Life! We’re counting down the days until the new season premieres on Sunday, so check back throughout the week for all sorts of Westeros-related fun!

As my contribution to Game of Thrones Week I wanted to talk about the fashion of Westeros. In doing research for that post I came upon ‘The Wonderful World of Westeros’ or the Disney Princesses as Game of Thrones characters. I’d seen this before and thought it was great however, I was skeptical of the matches. So I decided I’d dig in and check it out…

Mulan as Brienne

This is the obvious choice for Brienne but it’s also perfect. Mulan is a warrior, just like Brienne, and wouldn’t be happy sitting around at King’s Landing in a gown and drinking wine (though heaven knows why, that sounds like a splendid time). Mulan and Brienne are far more suited for a life of battle.

Ariel as Melisandre

Ariel looks just like Melisandre. That red hair is so vibrant…so Melisandre. The look is perfect. However, I just don’t think Ariel could pull of a Melisandre level of evil. Perhaps if Ursula was embodying her??

Jasmine as Ellaria

Ellaria and Jasmine is another pairing that totally looks the part. The bright orange is stunning with both of their skin tones. I don’t know a ton about Ellaria (just met her in the books and she hasn’t been super prominent in the show yet) but I think her and Jasmine might be similar. They’re just on opposite ends of the spectrum. Jasmine is the princess who wants to be free and make her own decisions while Ellaria is the bastard lover of a prince. Ellaria might want to be free and make her own choices, I just don’t know yet. Really all I know is that she has a wicked scream and cry.

Belle as Margaery

Belle is smart and independent while Margaery is often a pawn in larger schemes (though I do think Margaery herself plays a large role in planning these schemes). I think both Margaery and Belle are smart and headstrong but I’m still not sure Belle would enjoy being in Margaery’s place. I don’t think she’s quite power hungry enough; she prefers books to people. I do think Belle would be up for one of these marriages Margaery has faced. An age difference shouldn’t matter to Belle – she did fall in love with a Beast. I really enjoy the parallels drawn here with the roses, very clever. Belle definitely looks the part as Margaery, but I’m also not certain she’d be up for such revealing dresses.

Snow White as Shae

Snow White definitely fits the image of Shae’s shy and quiet servant side. Snow would probably enjoy not being the center of attention. She’s bright and bubbly and good at being happy and making others happy. Which brings us to the part of Shae I’m not so certain Snow would embrace. Does Snow White have a kinky side? How would see feel about being a prostitute? Snow does spend a lot of her time with dwarves… it could be a fun twist on her character.

Rapunzel as Sansa

This one I’m not sold on. First, Rapunzel’s miles of hair doesn’t quite feel Sansa to me. Perhaps Ariel would be a better option (but she was already taken). Anna’s another red head, but she’s definitely a little too quirky for Sansa. Rapunzel as well is quite spirited. However, both Anna and Rapunzel are used to being pushed aside and made to feel little by others, just like Sansa. Perhaps Sansa’s quirkiness is still to come. She just hasn’t had much of a chance given the difficulties she’s faced thus far.

Cinderella as Catelyn

I think I could get behind Cinderella being such a motherly character. After her difficult childhood I think she’d fully embrace the role of mom. But given that childhood and how she was treated, I don’t think there’s any way she would have treated Jon Snow the way Catelyn did. Cinderella would have welcomed him with open arms. These two characters don’t look as similar as some of the others but looks-wise, I’m not sure who else could be Catelyn.

Aurora as Cersei

Is Aurora the bitch of the Princesses group? This would seem to suggest so. I can see the physical resemblance. The long blonde hair is perfect for Cersei. Beyond that I’m not so sure. Cersei is manipulative, but loyal and protects her children. I don’t think Aurora has a manipulative or conniving bone in her body. She’s too naive for that. At least she was during the movie. Who knows what happens once she marries Phillip and moves into the castle!

Merida as Ygritte

If any Disney heroine was going to take of Ygritte it would be Merida. The red hair is perfect and the mad archery skills make her dangerous, just like Ygritte. I’m curious as to how Merida would take to Jon Snow. I think a love interest would be fun for Merida.

Elsa as Daenerys

I enjoy the contrast here between Elsa’s ice and Dany’s fire. Perhaps this could be another take on ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’. Elsa’s blonde locks and preference for braids definitely makes her look the part. Elsa’s frozen heart and ultimate journey of learning to love and embracing her powers is something I feel Dany has gone through. Both characters are trying to learn how to be a good queen. Another perfect match!

Do you agree with my comments? Do you have any suggestions? Has anyone done this for the Disney men? I would love to see that! Let me know in the comments.

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